🏆 Green Gown Award WINNER! Huge congratulations to the St Andrews Nature Networks project for winning in the Nature Positive category. 🌿 Check out the project here👇 https://ow.ly/pCFV50Xocml #EverToExcel

Join us today for our online undergraduate Visiting Day from 12-5pm. 🫶 Explore the admissions process, hear from current students, meet with academic School representatives and discover what St Andrew has to offer our undergraduate community. 👇 https://ow.ly/60Ki50Xmsmf #EverToExcel

Congratulations to our alumna Jasmine Mitchell, medicine graduate star baker, and now Champion of the Great British Bake Off! 🍰 ⭐ 🏆 #EverToExcel

Hiding in plain sight. New research has uncovered a surprising evolutionary mechanism behind some animals’ trick of hiding in plain sight from predators. Read more... 👇 https://ow.ly/ehSl50XmApJ #EverToExcel

"I am passionate about discovering more about nature and the fascinating ecology of the natural world. I absolutely love the creative challenge of a messy dataset!" Read Dr Ali Johnston's Research Spotlight on our Staff News page. 👇 https://ow.ly/ayne50XkU0o #EverToExcel

"The implicit assumption seems to be that one parent has a lesser career and can look after the children, whilst the other does their work. For me, as a woman scientist, that does not fit." Read our Research Spotlight on Dr Jess Hope. 👇 https://ow.ly/VB6s50XkSUq #EverToExcel

Hidden receipts, unknown printers and gold-tipped funeral poems. The University of St Andrews is celebrating 30 years of its global book hunting project, the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) @apettegree.bsky.social 📖🌍🥳 Read more...👇 https://ow.ly/Lfck50XiUhg #EverToExcel

Professor Tom Shakespeare from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will give the 2025 Irvine Memorial Lecture, entitled 'Disability: what it is, and why it concerns everyone’. All welcome. 📍Booth Lecture, St Andrews 📅 Mon 3 Nov 🕰️ 5.30pm https://ow.ly/Eikp50Xgko5 #EverToExcel

What is rights retention? What’s the difference between CC BY and CC BY-NC? How can I pay these publishing charges? Find answers to these questions, and helpful tips, information guides, and videos at our Open Research blog. 👇 https://ow.ly/Kq1W50XgLSe #EverToExcel

The University has renewed its partnership with Rusacks St Andrews, extending a collaboration that celebrates the heritage, community, and competitive spirit at the Home of Golf. Read more ⬇️ https://ow.ly/9zvw50XfBiw #EverToExcel

No place like foam - students gathered on Lower College Lawn for the annual Raisin Monday foam fight - one of the University's much-loved traditions! #EverToExcel

The Tabula Project preview opened last night at St Andrews Botanic Gardens. Starting today, 3 online roundtables will explore how we rethink our perceptions of the climate crisis with artist & Greener Vision CEO Claire Haigh. Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/2Vfm50XaTw8 #EverToExcel

Net zero will reshape how we live—so how do we move forward fairly and urgently? Roundtable – Tues 14 Oct Speakers: Lord Deben, Alex Sobel MP, Fiona Howarth, Prof Jillian Anable. Opens with art from The Tabula Project. Join the debate 👉 Sign up: https://ow.ly/Enm750XazIS #EverToExcel

Professor Christopher Smith from St Andrews Classics has been appointed as Chair of the National Library of Scotland Read more... 👇 https://ow.ly/rW9K50XaqGr #EverToExcel

🔬 Governing the Unseen: U.S. Nuclear Waste Futures & the Geocultural License to Operate Join Dr Vincent Ialenti & Prof Mette High for a fireside chat on the future of U.S. nuclear waste policy. 🗓️ 9 Oct | 🕐 4–6pm | 💻 Online 🔗 https://ow.ly/UsUl50X74mR #EverToExcel

Professor Lars Kotthoff has been appointed as the Johann and Gaynor Rupert Chair in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of St Andrews. Read more... 👇 https://ow.ly/tLIe50X621g #EverToExcel

‘The Foreign Secretary’s objectives should be...focused on containing 🇷🇺 expansionism in Europe, mitigating the direct effects of Middle Eastern conflicts and keeping the Balkans peaceful,’ says Dr Marc De Vore, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #BigAsk #BritainsWorld

New research from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience has revealed the brain’s built-in distance tracker, and its link to early Alzheimer's diagnosis. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.011 Read more... 👇 ow.ly/HL5S50WZh2l #EverToExcel

St Andrews top in Scotland and second in the UK in the @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 🎉 Maths, History, and International Relations take the top spot in the new rankings with a further 16 subjects ranking in the top 10 🎉 Read more 👇 ow.ly/hzCj50WWe9R #EverToExcel

The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings

Our School of Physics & Astronomy hosted the @univofstandrews first Advanced Materials industry day, bringing together academics and researchers with businesses, funders & government. Check out our video to find out more... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2NM... #EverToExcel

New #research from @distantworlds.space with @nasawebb.extwitter.link @stsci.edu @umich.edu @cornellupress.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social & MIT identifies signs of atmosphere on TRAPPIST 1e, an Earth-sized #exoplanet located 40 light years away Read more👇 ow.ly/SFOT50WTaHI #EverToExcel

A windy Pier Walk to mark the start of Martinmas Semester. 💨 Welcome back to our returning students and hello to all our new ones - enjoy Orientation Week! #EverToExcel

Orientation starts Mon 8 Sep. Joining us in St Andrews for the first time? Download the app👇 builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/s... We can't wait to meet new students & welcome back returners. Town's been too quiet without you. 😶 #EverToExcel

St Andrews recognised by British Rowing as a GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academy and an Olympic Training Venue for LA 2028. Read more: news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

The 17 UK dates are estimated to have generated around £1 billion of spending.

The University of St Andrews has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙌 Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/KhY150WFXo1 #EverToExcel

Seven St Andrews research projects receive funding from the ‪@royalsoced.bsky.social‬ Research Awards Programme. Read more ⬇️ news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

Amber weather warning issued for Storm Floris tomorrow (Mon 4 Aug), with strong winds forecast from 10am-10pm. Staff and students advised to work/study from home where possible. Stay updated via the @metoffice.gov.uk #StormFloris

Congratulations to St Andrews undergraduate Sophia Issberner on her historic rowing gold at the 2025 FISU World University Games. 🚣🥇🥳 Read More... 👇 ow.ly/s5nf50WxoJY #EverToExcel

📰🆕The heads of Scotland's five medical schools have co-authored a piece highlighting the quiet crisis facing clinical research in Scotland. You can read the full piece below on our website⬇️ www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/clinicalacad...

Our current university system is not systematically meeting the needs of the #neurodivergent community. #EUAExpertVoices article by Monique Mackenzie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Elliott Spaeth @advancehe.bsky.social on AI's potential for education that serves all learners buff.ly/bcLfAQk

New Post: New HEPI report reveals the hidden impact of menstrual cycles on students’ education www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/21/n...

Professor Deborah Williamson, Dean of Medicine, appointed as the inaugural Co-Director of the National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership The @publichealthscot.bsky.social partnership will strengthen Scotland’s capacity to respond to future pandemics Read more👇 ow.ly/1CZN50Wsxtv #EverToExcel

We’re proud to announce the appointment of Professor Deborah Williamson @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Professor Emma Thomson‪ @uofglasgow.bsky.social as inaugural Co-Directors of the National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership. Find out more 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju... #NSPSP

Rethinking the Sixties with the international conference 'Tis Sixty Years Since' and Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Forum for Modern Languages Studies this week at Parliament Hall @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Caroline Humfress and Professor Richard Whatmore from the School of History on their election to The British Academy Fellowship. Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/SAGJ50WrIO0 #EverToExcel

Professors Andrea Di Falco and Malte Gather have both been awarded prestigious @erc.europa.eu funding for smart solar panels and lens-less microscopes projects. ☀️🔬🥳 Read more...👇 news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

Green Shores is Scotland's longest coastal restoration project with @naturescot.bsky.social - Dr Clare Maynard from the School of Biology discusses vital saltmarsh restoration efforts in their latest blog Find out more 👇 ow.ly/AGvB50WnKBO #EverToExcel

📖 Read our latest Education blog from Dr Mun See Chang at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social ⬇️ sicsa.ac.uk/blog/inclusi...

NHS Fife has been formally granted University Health Board status The prestigious award by the @parliament.scot recognises the commitment to education, research and innovation of NHS Fife, the University and the School of Medicine. Read more 👇 ow.ly/IxIK50WlJQf #EverToExcel

We are delighted to welcome the Sutton Trust Summer School, we are going to have an awesome week! From London to Lochgelly, Barra to Bearsden. Welcome all! @suttontrust.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Congratulations to journalist and author Frank Gardner OBE who graduates today as an honorary Doctor of Laws. 🎤🌎🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to actor and producer Alan Cumming who graduated with an honorary Doctor of Laws. 🎭❤️🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to Professor Sir Rory Collins, Director of @oxpop.bsky.social who graduated today as an honorary Doctor of Medicine. 🩺🌡️🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to Meg Blackburn of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! 👏 Meg is studying the Milky Way in a bid to investigate how stellar life cycles shape our galaxy and beyond, and sheds light on the profound physical processes that govern the cosmos. Read Meg's interview: www.iop.org/about/suppor...

Enjoying the summer break but I'm looking forward to next semester @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Beautiful campus and town, brilliant students, and fantastic colleagues. @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

New tool to identify ‘toxic’ green books Developed by @physastrostand.bsky.social and the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museum, the new device is transforming how cultural heritage institutions identify toxic pigments in historic books. Read more 👇 ow.ly/WAil50Wflrf #EverToExcel

Currently on BBC Sounds: Melvyn Bragg & guests – Michael Boardman & Rhiannon Purdie of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, & Steve Boardman of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – discuss John Barbour's c.1375 epic, the earliest surviving poem in Older Scots 3/3 #medievalsky www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Congratulations to Dr John Danial from @physastrostand.bsky.social who has been awarded a £1.6 million Career Development Award from the Medical Research Council @ukri.org for his #dementia research. Read more 👇 ow.ly/AirC50WcSGt #EverToExcel